There’s little at Jammu and Kashmir House on Delhi’s tony Prithviraj Road that points to Kashmir. No carved walnut wood furniture, no shikaras (not even dinky tabletop replicas), no framed pictures of Sheikh Abdullah, glaring down fiercely at guests…. Just a few vaguely Kashmiri-looking carpets, rather the worse for wear, some pictures of generic “scenery” and a few plastic vases with some rust-brown fronds (also plastic) making a brave attempt to pass off as Chinar leaves in the autumn. The décor is utilitarian, almost boring. There is security, but it is unobtrusive.
Manoj Sinha, the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and

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